Passover!

by illustrator Erin Eitter Kono by Roni Schotter

Celebrating the joy and traditions of Passover. In this sweet and fun story, featuring the same family from the National Jewish Book Award winner Hanukkah!, toddlers are introduced to Passover traditions by following adorable little Moe as he searches for the hidden matzoh at the family ...

Genres: Jewish, Picture Books, Childrens

Paperback

First published March 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter]

This book was a cute little story about how one family celebrates the Passover holiday. I am not Jewish, nor do I have a ton of knowledge of the holiday, but it did seem to touch on the basics of the traditions of the holiday. The family was loving and playful, and their celebration seemed like a good time. I wasn’t overly fond of the rhyme scheme, which seemed to be forced at times.

[Jessica]

A pretty picture book that highlights the festivities and tradition of celebrating Passover.

What I liked about the book was the end where the author summarizes the importance of Passover and what the food symbolize.

This is a youthful book that lightly teaches youth about a Jewish holiday.

Award winning author Roni Schotter has published more than 25 children’s books.

[Jurene]

Not our favorite.

[Christopher]

2nd grade - 4th grade

Passover is one family's celebration of the Jewish holiday. The story touches on the traditions on this holiday celebration, and explains to young children how much fun the holiday can be. There is a rhyming pattern that makes the book a very quick read and I suggest this for anyone looking to learn about the customs a jewish family might partake in during the holiday. The illustrations are very appropriate for the text.

language arts/social studies

Lesson Plan: I honestly would not use this book in a public school because the story is based off of a religious holiday. But if I had to I would use this story as a way to compare other religious holidays. I might use this for a poster presentation that showed different religious traditions.

[Abi]

Little Moe and his family prepare for Passover celebrations together, they clean the house, shine the dishes, prepare for Seder dinner, and hunt for the afikomen (matzah). Moe and his family reflect on this day, and appreciate the Jews being free and the celebration of Passover. This is a great descriptive book on the story of Passover!

[Alexis Levine]

Passover is an okay book. It is written for Jewish people specifically because it a non jew were to read it he or she would not understand the traditions mentioned. I would read this book around passover time because it's a fun book without many Jewish Passover facts.

[Sharonta Johnson]

This is a great book to introduce a social studies lesson. This book can be read on the carpet to introduce the Jewish culture of Passover.

[MJ]

odc this

[Ray]

A picture book about Passover

[Debra Golden]

good for young kids....friendly and easy to relate to.
Explanation at end helps, as do the pictures of times to find